North Central may refer to:
- North Central College, a private, 4-year comprehensive liberal arts college located in Naperville, Illinois. Founded in 1861, it is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Comprehensive fees for the 2010-2011 academic year total $36,687
- The North Central region of the United States, which is divided into the West North Central States and the East North Central States
- North Central Province, Maldives
- North Central Province, Sri Lanka
- North Central University in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Famous quotes containing the words north and/or central:
“By the North Gate, the wind blows full of sand,
Lonely from the beginning of time until now!
Trees fall, the grass goes yellow with autumn.”
—Li Po (701–762)
“There is no such thing as a free lunch.”
—Anonymous.
An axiom from economics popular in the 1960s, the words have no known source, though have been dated to the 1840s, when they were used in saloons where snacks were offered to customers. Ascribed to an Italian immigrant outside Grand Central Station, New York, in Alistair Cooke’s America (epilogue, 1973)